Nature & Outdoors

1. بەفر لەسەر چیاکان دەبارێت

   Befr leser çiyakan debarêt

   Snow falls on the mountains

   Usage

   Describes the weather or scenery in the mountains

   Grammar Note

   -kan is the definite plural. بەفر دەبارێت 'snow falls' is the present of بارین.

2. گوڵەکان لە بەهار دەپشکوێن

   Gułekan le behar depişkwên

   The flowers bloom in the spring

   Usage

   A seasonal remark, for example when seeing flowers

   Grammar Note

   A plural subject takes a plural verb ending (-n).

3. بەهار لەنێوان زستان و هاوین دێت

   Behar lenêwan zistan û hawîn dêt

   Spring comes between winter and summer

   Usage

   Explains the order of the seasons

   Grammar Note

   Seasons: بەهار spring, هاوین summer, پاییز autumn, زستان winter. 'And' is the separate word و.

4. مانگ لە پاییزدا جوانە

   Mang le payîzda ciwane

   The moon is beautiful in autumn

   Usage

   Praises the moon or the autumn scenery

   Grammar Note

   'In' is the circumposition لە … دا around the noun. مانگ means both 'moon' and 'month'.

5. دەبێت ژینگە لە پیسبوون ڕزگار بکەین

   Debêt jînge le pîsbûn ṟizgar bikeyn

   We must rescue the environment from pollution

   Usage

   Talks about protecting the environment

   Grammar Note

   دەبێت + subjunctive expresses obligation. پیس is 'dirty', and پیسبوون is 'becoming dirty' (pollution).

6. چیا

   Çiya

   mountain

   Usage

   The word for a mountain; Kurdistan is a mountainous region

   Grammar Note

   چیا is 'mountain'; the plural is چیاکان. This card uses چیا, the form found in everyday sentences.

7. ڕووبار

   Ṟûbar

   river

   Usage

   The word for a river

   Grammar Note

   ڕووبار is 'river'; add the definite -ەکە for 'the river', as in ڕووبارەکە.

8. دارستان

   Daristan

   forest

   Usage

   The word for a forest

   Grammar Note

   دارستان is built from دار 'tree' and the place suffix -ستان.

9. گوڵ

   Guł

   flower

   Usage

   The word for a flower

   Grammar Note

   گوڵ is 'flower'; the plural is گوڵەکان. ڵ is the dark L (ł).

10. سروشت

    Siruşt

    nature

    Usage

    The general word for nature

    Grammar Note

    سروشت is 'nature'; ژینگە means 'environment' and is slightly different.

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